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Points always out of the grid (isometric)

Forum|Forum|7 years ago
March 22, 2018
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Hello everyone,

I have snap to pixel turn off and snap to point and smart guides on.

But so many points still end up not on the gird.

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Correct answer Ray Yorkshire

Instead of relying on the grid, maybe try this free plugin by Rick Johnson/Graffix

Adobe Illustrator plugins - rj-graffix

It installs a new tool, in the toolbar

IsoTool

Draws straight lines (paths) constrained to the isometric angles of 30, 90, and 120 degrees.

EG:

The smart guides in illustrator don't always work well for finishing the shape

best to draw fast and overshoot,

then select and drag those overshot points back with the Direct Selection Tool

or quicker, select all and with the Shape Builder Tool Alt click to delete the extra lines,

to leave just the cube

pl__aAuthor

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None of those answer address the actual issue. It's a shame that I have to pay every month for a software that doesn't work.

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Next22446846eorh

Participant

i know its a bit late but turning off all the snapping features seem to work

pl__aAuthor

Participating Frequently

This doesn't actually solve my issue that smart guides doesn't work.

Srishti Bali

Community Manager

Hi,

We are sorry for the inconvenience. I would request you to please contact our support team at Contact Customer Care for live troubleshooting. They will be able to share screen remotely to troubleshoot the issue.

Regards,

Srishti

pl__aAuthor

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What are they gonna tell me that's not been said in this thread ? I just would like the software to be fixed.

kphotopage

Legend

Pl_a, Hi.

My starting point was I made several different seamless patterns/templates from a Hexagon long ago.

The magic angles are 30,60,90.

Hexagon, Equilateral Triangle and Isometric.

Shown here, I created Guides with using the Stroke individual paths.

On a layer below, With Smart Guides on, Snap to Point, and Pen Tool, strokes, everything perfectly aligned.

Hope that helps.

K

Ray YorkshireCorrect answer

Participating Frequently

Instead of relying on the grid, maybe try this free plugin by Rick Johnson/Graffix

Adobe Illustrator plugins - rj-graffix

It installs a new tool, in the toolbar

IsoTool

Draws straight lines (paths) constrained to the isometric angles of 30, 90, and 120 degrees.

EG:

The smart guides in illustrator don't always work well for finishing the shape

best to draw fast and overshoot,

then select and drag those overshot points back with the Direct Selection Tool

or quicker, select all and with the Shape Builder Tool Alt click to delete the extra lines,

to leave just the cube

Srishti Bali

Community Manager

HI pl__a,

Please try enabling snap to grid (View > Snap to Grid ).

Lets us know if this helps or you run into any further issue.

Regards,

Srishti

pl__aAuthor

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I think you got guides and grid mixed up. Snap to grid just makes it snap to the pixel grid.

Here I have show grid turned on, you can see it doesn't match my guides and so the object is impossible to put on my guides :

Srishti Bali

Community Manager

Hi pl__a,

We have tried and found snapping is working perfectly at our end. I would request you to please share a step by step workflow or screens recording so that we can replicate the issue at our end.

Regards,

Srishti

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